FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE GYMNASTIQUE
FIG General Assembly Official News
Cancun (MEX), October 25 - 27, 2012.
106 federations present in Cancun (MEX) for the statutory elections renamed their
incumbent President, Prof. Bruno Grandi (ITA), with 68 votes over the 24 cast for Vasily
Titov (RUS) and 14 for Adrian Stoica (ROU).
The Vice-Presidents were elected in the following order: Ms Slava Corn (CAN), Dr Michel
Léglise (FRA) and Mr Vasily Titov (RUS). Election results were posted on the electoral
microsite and are available at:
http://cancun2012.fig-gymnastics.com/
;
The Assembly approved the
financial reports, 2010 and 2011 accounts, and the 2013
2016 quadrennial plan;
The national federations of
Angola (ANG), Benin (BEN), Bahrain (BRN), Cambodia
(CAM) and
Turkmenistan (TKM) were officially admitted as affiliated federations, bringing
the number of FIG member federations to 133, three of which are associated.
The initiative to allow Executive Committee members to vote via
electronic mail (e-mail)
was accepted;
A document will now be required testifying to the
support of the local authorities for bids
on all future FIG events;
Henceforth, an
oath on behalf of the FIG authorities will be pronounced at the transfer
ceremony;
The Order of the FIG, a first of its kind, was bestowed upon Mr Hidenori Futagi (JPN),
President of the Japan Gymnastics Association;
Among other distinctions attributed, the title of Honorary Vice-President was attributed to Mr
Koji Takizawa (JPN) and Mr Adrian Stoica (ROU) in gratitude for their years of service to
the FIG. Several individuals were promoted to the rank of Honorary Member or received the
FIG Medal of Recognition. A detailed list can be found on the FIG website.
The
FIG Gymnastic Academies celebrated ten years of activity;
In a report presented to the Assembly on social media, gymnastics has been shown to lead
the field of sports followed on
YouTube.
André F. GUEISBUHLER
Secretary General
NB
The next FIG General Assembly is scheduled in xxx , October xx xx, 2014.
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